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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2587-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2587-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Model description paper
| 
14 Aug 2015
Model description paper |
| 14 Aug 2015
Photolysis rates in correlated overlapping cloud fields: Cloud-J 7.3c
Earth System Science Department, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Optimizing UV Index determination from broadband irradiances K. Tereszchuk et al.
- Chemistry module for the Earth system model S. Smyshlyaev et al.
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Short summary
A new approach for modeling photolysis rates (J values) in atmospheres with fractional cloud cover has been developed and is implemented as Cloud-J – a multi-scattering eight-stream radiative transfer model for solar radiation based on Fast-J. Using observations of the vertical correlation of cloud layers, Cloud-J provides a practical and accurate method for modeling atmospheric chemistry, which can be extended to solar heating rates.
A new approach for modeling photolysis rates (J values) in atmospheres with fractional cloud...
